Police arrest veteran for threatening four with gun

JAMES BARRINGTON, Canyon News staff

Published 6:00 pm, Monday, December 12, 2011

Police were called to a residence in southern Hunsley Hills on Sunday morning regarding a 26-year-old North Carolina man wielding a .40 caliber pistol and threatening to shoot four other people at that location.

Dale Davis, chief of Canyon Police Department, confirmed that Sean Millet, a discharged veteran, gave himself up to two police officers and was taken to the Randall County Jail, charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. No shots were fired during the incident.

According to Davis, a 24-year old man, a 25-year-old woman and a 28-year-old woman (all of Canyon) and a 24-year-old man from North Carolina had been with Millet, a 26-year-old man, having a party Saturday night.

Davis reported that Millet had apparently passed out from intoxication, and as a joke, one of the other people present had marked on Millet’s face with a Sharpie.

“When he woke up he was infuriated,” Davis said.

At which point Millet is alleged to have pointed a .40 caliber pistol at the others present and threatened them.

One of the females involved in the incident, who requested not to be named, said, “It was a stupid, drunken incident.” She said that there were “obscenities” written on Millet’s face. “Not very good stuff,” she said

One of the people in the house escaped by knocking out a window in another room, got outside and called the police about 9:45 in the morning on Sunday.

According to the female witness, Millet was pointing the gun at one of the individuals and threatening to shoot. The witness said that she feared for her life during the encounter. She went on to say that the police arrived quickly, but by then she was outside watching from Hunsley Park.

“Police cordoned off the area,” Davis said, “and two of the officers persuaded him to come out.” Millet surrendered and was placed under arrest.

The pistol was seized. As of Monday morning, Millet remained in custody.

The female witness said that she saw Millet come out of the house, but that she believed he did not have the gun with him at that time.

She reported that the police ran up to him and took him into custody and that she did not believe that he resisted.

Davis confirmed that Millet had surrendered voluntarily.

Davis also reported that the police emergency response team had been activated upon hearing that there might be another person in the residence, but upon entry they found nobody else there.

Davis described Millet as a “discharged veteran with some kind of disability,” and noted that he understood Millet was a Purple Heart recipient.

The female witness reported that both Millet and the other man from North Carolina were Marines, but that Millet had been released from active duty on a medical discharge.